What higher praise can we bestow on any one than to say of him that he harbors another's prejudices with a hospitality so cordial as to give him, for the time, the sympathy next best to, if indeed it be not edification in, charity itself. For what disturbs more and distracts mankind than the uncivil manners that cleave man from man?

Opposition strengthens the manly will.

Cleanse the fountain if you would purify the streams.

Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.

A man defines his standing at the court of chastity by his views of women.

The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.

None can teach admirably if not loving his task.